ok , so product feeds are all loaded etc , now when you click import , to update the product feed, what is it actually happening?
is the feed checking with the affiliate futures feed ?
it adjusts the price right , does it add new products to my own feed when i click import?
and y are product feeds so out of date? how often do they get updated from reatilers? ideally i want a feed which is updated at least everyday.
any help would be great
Hi,
When you import a feed, the process is as follows:
1) Delete all products from the database for the merchant
2) Import all products from the feed for the merchant
Price Tapestry only looks at the version of the feed that is in the /feeds/ directory - it does not modify it, and it does not look for a later version of the feed, so if you have not updated the feed since the last import there will be no difference in the database once the import has completed.
The only way to update products is to upload a later version of the feed (that you have downloaded from the merchant or affiliate network ) into your /feeds/ directory.
You can take steps to automate this process - and also to import the new feed once you have automatically downloaded the latest version from the merchant or network - have a look at the following thread for more information:
http://www.pricetapestry.com/node/198
Hope this helps..
Cheers,
David.